Apparatus for sorting articles
View Patent ↗A device for sorting discs or disk-like members of different identities (e.g. roulette chips) ejects the disks from a receptacle by means of a rotating wheel with numerous wells—(multi-chip storage compartments). Ejection of an article from the wells is achieved by an ejector lever making contact with an activated solenoid thus forcing the article at the bottom of the well, in conjunction with the momentum of the moving wheel, into a receiving space. The discs in the receiving spaces are continually replaced by newly-arriving discs which force the previously-positioned discs upwards into a column.
1. A collecting device for use with an apparatus for sorting disks, comprising:
a collecting device assembly having a first end and a second end;
a plurality of collectors, each collector having first and second ends, the first ends of the collectors being aligned in a plane with the first end of the collecting device assembly, the second ends of the collectors being aligned with the second end of the collecting device assembly, the first ends of the collectors being arranged in a semi-circle having a first radius; the collectors extending directly from the first ends of the collectors in a direction away from the plane towards the second ends and
the second ends of the collectors being arranged in a straight line.
2. A collecting device, as set forth in claim 1 , the collecting device assembly and the collectors being unitarily formed.
3. A collecting device, as set forth in claim 1 , the collecting device assembly include a rack base portion, each collector being mounted to the rack base portion.
4. A collecting device, as set forth in claim 3 , each collector being formed by a plurality of rods connected at a first end to the rack base portion and connected at a second end to an end portion.